Thank you so much , your pruning videos have been great inspiration ! Keep 'em coming ! I'm in eastern Virginia, you and I seem to appreciate Many of the same landscape plants. Your property looks great !
Why thank you Sue! 😊 We are probably enjoying similar climates, and I’m happy to hear that we appreciate the same plants! 👍 Glad my pruning videos are helping, as it is definitely pruning season! 😀🌱✂️
Hi Laura! I must say… you did a fantastic job with boxwoods. bravo👏🏼. I just take a shear & hack mine off every late winter or early Spring into tiny balls. Mine are displayed in the very front of my garden bed so I have to keep them smaller.
Laura!!!!! 8” of snow this morning 😂😂😂. I love your boxwoods. The sound of snow blowers was hideous!! 😂. I’m looking forward to pruning anything at this point! Thank you for your video. Continuing to live vicariously through your yard and you in short sleeves 🌸🌸😁
Oh Chris - 8 inches of snow!?!? 🥶❄️🤣 I love snow, but not this time of year! So I’m hearing lawn mowers already while you’re hearing snow blowers. 🙃 If it’s any consolation, this weekend we are getting cold, windy rain with temps in the 40s. Brrr!
@@GardenSanity noooooo! I want warm weather for you so I can watch warm weather videos!! 😂. 40 degrees in Wisconsin is t shirt weather FYI and you would crack up if you were here because some wear shorts and flip flops!!! I would trip them but I do it in my head instead and smile as a good Italian with an evil soul 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a great suggestion Pilar, and I wish I would have thought of it at the time! 👍 But I will take more cuttings, because baby boxwoods sound adorable! 😊 Thanks for the advice! 🌱
Well I realized that I still have a few more boxwoods to prune in other garden beds, so now I’m planning on it! Love the idea of flowers surrounding them - will be so pretty!
Thanks Troy - great minds think (and prune) alike! 😃 👍 If I needed a hedge, these would do well. But I really like how they look individually in a row year-round.
I bought around 30 one gallon size pots last year for hedges around my porch. It’s growing nicely but slow, I think. It seems like it’s growing in all directions. I want to grow them as hedges. It looks kind of flimsy right now. How long should I wait to start pruning?
Which kind of Boxwood variety did you purchase? (Each variety grows just a bit differently.) In general, while most varieties of Boxwoods are small, they will appear to grow in all directions, but that's just how it looks as they fill out to reach their mature size over time. (English Boxwoods, however, will appear to remain small and tight, instead of a more loose look.) In terms of how long to wait to prune: If you just planted them this year, then I'd wait until next Spring to prune them. Allow them to get their roots established and just get settled in. Make sure they get enough water during their first season. You don't need to fertilize them this year, but next Spring add some slow-release organic fertilizer like I mentioned in the video to help nourish the roots that will feed the plants. I hope this helps! Keep me posted too. 🌱 💚
@@bgabb9110 Winter Gem is the same variety that I have and pruned in this video! (Great minds think alike!) You'll see in the video I show how the boxwoods do begin growing into each other over time, and you can use that to your advantage in creating a hedge with them. 👍 This variety is wonderful for hedges!
Oh Teresa -- what a great description: meatballs! 🤣 Love it! I'm working on my follow-up video about how these boxwoods look today . . . it's going to be called The Good, The Bad...and The Ugly . . . so stay tuned! 😉
Yes Amber, that's exactly what I did in this video. 👍 If you notice, in the beginning of the video before I pruned, the shrubs had grown together. In the end after I finished pruning, they were back to being individual shrubs.When you say, "I seem to get into just branch" I'm assuming you mean that you're seeing a branch without any leaves on it? I show in the video what that looks like, what I do, and explain that once the branch is exposed to light again, new leaves will sprout forth on those branches. There are great examples in the video! 💚
Hi Vadim, thanks for your question. There are a lot of sections in this video where I discuss those exact types of branches and stems. They may look dead, but might still have some life in them. What they need (as discussed in the video) is more sunlight into the shrub to help new leaves and stems develop. You'll see plenty of examples in the video of exactly what I personally did in those instances. I removed any that were sticking out beyond the "shape" of what I was creating. Otherwise I left most of them, knowing they will eventually sprout new growth in those areas. It may take time, but it will happen! 🌱 👍
I appreciate the dedication, but I blow through my boxwoods in 5 minutes with the electric hedge trimmer. 😔. I inherited them already sheared into a tight hedge. I have a Green Mountain boxwood in a pot that I want to carve into a spiral. Wish me luck!
Oh my! I’m shuddering just thinking about it. 😂 Just teasing Will - having a tight hedge is different, obviously. 🙂 Carving a spiral topiary? I’m impressed! I hope it turns out great, as it could be a fun project!
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Thank you so much for showing us how you work in your garden/yard. I really enjoy learning from watching your videos ❤
It’s my pleasure Susan! 😀 I’m happy to share what I know, and I love hearing from fellow gardeners! Thank you for your feedback too! ❤️🌱
Thank you so much , your pruning videos have been great inspiration !
Keep 'em coming !
I'm in eastern Virginia, you and I seem to appreciate
Many of the same landscape plants.
Your property looks great !
Why thank you Sue! 😊 We are probably enjoying similar climates, and I’m happy to hear that we appreciate the same plants! 👍 Glad my pruning videos are helping, as it is definitely pruning season! 😀🌱✂️
Hi Laura! I must say… you did a fantastic job with boxwoods. bravo👏🏼. I just take a shear & hack mine off every late winter or early Spring into tiny balls. Mine are displayed in the very front of my garden bed so I have to keep them smaller.
Glad you enjoyed the video Sammy! If you've found a pruning method that works for you, I always say that's the one to go with! 💚
This video saved me a trip to the nursery to ask for help.
Your instructions are so clear and easy to follow. Thank you so much!
I'm so happy to read this, Kay, because there's nothing better than knowing my videos are helping fellow gardeners! ❤️
Laura!!!!! 8” of snow this morning 😂😂😂. I love your boxwoods. The sound of snow blowers was hideous!! 😂. I’m looking forward to pruning anything at this point! Thank you for your video. Continuing to live vicariously through your yard and you in short sleeves 🌸🌸😁
Oh Chris - 8 inches of snow!?!? 🥶❄️🤣 I love snow, but not this time of year! So I’m hearing lawn mowers already while you’re hearing snow blowers. 🙃 If it’s any consolation, this weekend we are getting cold, windy rain with temps in the 40s. Brrr!
@@GardenSanity noooooo! I want warm weather for you so I can watch warm weather videos!! 😂. 40 degrees in Wisconsin is t shirt weather FYI and you would crack up if you were here because some wear shorts and flip flops!!! I would trip them but I do it in my head instead and smile as a good Italian with an evil soul 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@chrismarchetti-olson6632 🤣😂 Well, I did prune my Knock Out Roses last week in the upper 30s and loved the cool weather: no sweating! 👍🤣
@@GardenSanity that’s right. There’s a positive to every side! 🌸🌸🌸
Those cuttings are excellent you can grow them in a pot I did it last year and I got baby boxwood
What a great suggestion Pilar, and I wish I would have thought of it at the time! 👍 But I will take more cuttings, because baby boxwoods sound adorable! 😊 Thanks for the advice! 🌱
@@GardenSanity yes they did and I'm planning of planting impatients around them when snows are gone
Well I realized that I still have a few more boxwoods to prune in other garden beds, so now I’m planning on it! Love the idea of flowers surrounding them - will be so pretty!
Thanks for this video, you explained so well! I feel like I can tackle this expertly now! New subscriber here! Looking forward to more.👏👍
You're very welcome - and I'm very glad I could help! Thank you for subscribing too! 💚
Loved this video inspiring and informative Thank You
My pleasure Joyce! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 💚 🌱
Looks great!
Thanks so much Jean! 🌱💚
Beautiful, that how I keep mine, I hate letting them grow together ( unless I'm am intentionally doing g a hedge )
Thanks Troy - great minds think (and prune) alike! 😃 👍 If I needed a hedge, these would do well. But I really like how they look individually in a row year-round.
I bought around 30 one gallon size pots last year for hedges around my porch. It’s growing nicely but slow, I think. It seems like it’s growing in all directions. I want to grow them as hedges. It looks kind of flimsy right now. How long should I wait to start pruning?
Which kind of Boxwood variety did you purchase? (Each variety grows just a bit differently.) In general, while most varieties of Boxwoods are small, they will appear to grow in all directions, but that's just how it looks as they fill out to reach their mature size over time. (English Boxwoods, however, will appear to remain small and tight, instead of a more loose look.) In terms of how long to wait to prune: If you just planted them this year, then I'd wait until next Spring to prune them. Allow them to get their roots established and just get settled in. Make sure they get enough water during their first season. You don't need to fertilize them this year, but next Spring add some slow-release organic fertilizer like I mentioned in the video to help nourish the roots that will feed the plants. I hope this helps! Keep me posted too. 🌱 💚
@@GardenSanity Thank you. I think the variety is called Winter Gem.
@@bgabb9110 Winter Gem is the same variety that I have and pruned in this video! (Great minds think alike!) You'll see in the video I show how the boxwoods do begin growing into each other over time, and you can use that to your advantage in creating a hedge with them. 👍 This variety is wonderful for hedges!
Yes, I like how you pruned. They don't look like meat balls.
Oh Teresa -- what a great description: meatballs! 🤣 Love it! I'm working on my follow-up video about how these boxwoods look today . . . it's going to be called The Good, The Bad...and The Ugly . . . so stay tuned! 😉
Can I trim 4 individuals down (they have grown together into a giant hedge) into 4 separate ones? I seem to get into just branch if I try to trim down
Yes Amber, that's exactly what I did in this video. 👍 If you notice, in the beginning of the video before I pruned, the shrubs had grown together. In the end after I finished pruning, they were back to being individual shrubs.When you say, "I seem to get into just branch" I'm assuming you mean that you're seeing a branch without any leaves on it? I show in the video what that looks like, what I do, and explain that once the branch is exposed to light again, new leaves will sprout forth on those branches. There are great examples in the video! 💚
How would you trim the boxwood that doesn’t have any green leaves inside of the plant where the branches are all dry?
I am at a loss what to do.
Hi Vadim, thanks for your question. There are a lot of sections in this video where I discuss those exact types of branches and stems. They may look dead, but might still have some life in them. What they need (as discussed in the video) is more sunlight into the shrub to help new leaves and stems develop. You'll see plenty of examples in the video of exactly what I personally did in those instances. I removed any that were sticking out beyond the "shape" of what I was creating. Otherwise I left most of them, knowing they will eventually sprout new growth in those areas. It may take time, but it will happen! 🌱 👍
I appreciate the dedication, but I blow through my boxwoods in 5 minutes with the electric hedge trimmer. 😔. I inherited them already sheared into a tight hedge. I have a Green Mountain boxwood in a pot that I want to carve into a spiral. Wish me luck!
Oh my! I’m shuddering just thinking about it. 😂 Just teasing Will - having a tight hedge is different, obviously. 🙂 Carving a spiral topiary? I’m impressed! I hope it turns out great, as it could be a fun project!